Removable heel



H. J. CHAMPAGNE. REMOVABLE HEEL. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 19, 1920.

1,427,261. PatentedAug. 29,1922

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REMOVAB E HEEL.

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Application filed October 19, 1920. Serial No. 418,094. I

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that HENRY J. CHAMPAGNE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Pittsfield, in the county of Berkshire and State ofMassachusetts, has in vented certain new and useful Improvements inRemovable Heels, of-which the fol- This invention relates toimprovements in removableheels for shoes, boots and the like, and itsleading object is to provide a heel which can be made of rubbercomposition or leather or other material, and which can be quicklyremoved when worn, and replaced with a new heel without re-' quiring thewearer to engage the services of a paid workman.

The inventionis embodied in a heel construction which includes adetachable heel member, having an internally threaded socket embeddedtherein, and a memberse cured by nails or the like to the heel lifts ofthe shoe, and provided with an externally threaded flange to enter thesocket of the detachable heel member, the two members being coupledtogether by a central screw which can be removed by a tool extendedthrough the opening formed in the heel,

5 designates a shoe'sole and 6 the heel lifts thereof. Against thelowermost lift 6 the inner attaching member 7 is secured by the nails orlike means 8, which are driven through the openings provided in thecentral portion of the member 7 and the end wall thereof considerablyclenched against the shoe sole in accordance with common practice. Thecentral portion or end wall of the member 7 is provided with a centrallydisposed socket 9 having internal screw threads, and the outer portionthereof is provided with a circular flange 10 having external screwthreads thereon.

The detachable heel member 11 has embedded therein a socket member 12having a circular flange 13 provided with internal screw threadsthreaded on the flange 10,

while the end wall of the socket member, 12 is extended outwardly at 1 1of the flange 13 so as to effectively interlock the socket member to thematerial of the heel 11. The socket member 12 is provided with acentrally disposed circular flange15 having internal screw threadsarranged in linewith the internal screw threads of the'socket 9. Thesocket member 12 is embedded in the material of the heel 11 so that theouter edge portion of the circular flange 18 will be substantially flushwith the upper face of the heelmember 11, and the flange 13 isthenthreaded on the flange 10-so that the confronting faces of the heelmembers 11 of the lowermost lift will be brought into snug contactingengagement. A screw plug 16 is then threaded through the central flange15 and the socket 9, so as to bridge the joint between the flange 15 andsaid socket 9 and form a central positive connection between the innerand outer sections of the heel coupling. A left screw thread is providedon the circular flange 10 and right screw. threads are provided on thescrew plug 16 so that'the heel member 11 will be absolutely lockedagainst external rotative movement. I

By means of my invention a person can readily remove a worn heel andreplace it with a new one by simply removing the central plug 16 whichis provided with a screw slot 16, by inserting a suitable tool in theopening 11 and then unscrewing the member 12 from the member 7 c Havingdescribed my invention, I claim: 1. A detachable heel for shoes or bootscomprising a member adapted to be secured against a lift and providedwith an exter flange, each of said members being provided withregistering flanges having screw threads therein and a screw plugthreaded in said registering flanges, the threads of said registeringflanges being of diflerent direction than the threads of the firstflanges.

2. A detachable shoe heel comprising an inner member having a centralsocket provided with internal screw threads and a flange surroundingsaidcentral socketprovided with screw threads thereon, a SOCk member havinga flange to engage said circular flange and form screw threadedengagement therewith, and a portion projecting outwardly of saidcircular flange, a detachable heel member in which said socket member isembedded,said detachable member having a central opening, said socketmember having a central flange having screw threads therein, and a screwplug threaded through said central fiange and 10 said central openingsand bridging a joint between the inner and outer members, the screwthreads of said screw plug and the flanges engaged thereby, being ofdifferent direction than the screw threads of the 15 outer flanges.

Signed by me at Pittsfield, Mass.

HENRY J. CHAMPAGNE.

